Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)

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A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack during a zombie apocalypse in the East End of London.

Date of release
2012-08-31
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (474)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Director
Matthias Hoene

Casting

Interesting facts

Cockneys vs Zombies is a 2012 British zombie action comedy film directed by Matthias Hoene and written by James Moran and Lucas Roche. The plot centres on a group of Cockneys who arm themselves to rescue their grandfather and his friends from their retirement home as a zombie apocalypse takes place in the East End of London.

Production and release

Director, Matthias Hoene and writer James Moran originally approached Alan Ford to play the character of Ray because "whoever this person is, he needed to symbolise what a cockney is -- he needed to be as cockney as you can be." After reading the script, Ford had joked that he felt like the script had been written for him and accepted the role because "It's an exciting action hero role. He's got a big, heroic arc in this film."

The film premiered at the 2012 London FrightFest Film Festival. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on 3 September 2013 by Shout Factory! as part of their Scream Factory line up. It has a 20-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, a video to teach the extras how to act like a zombie, and the trailer.

Cockneys vs Zombies was Richard Briers' final acting credit as he died the following year. The film was also the final movie appearance of Honor Blackman, who died on 5 April 2020.

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